Say it isn’t so! BigWind FAILS in Ohio?!?

We could have saved Toledo a lot of $. If you look at the NREL chart on the front page of our blog, you will see that Ohio is a dismal place for wind turbines. The industrial wind sites that are currently in operation, have very poor performance records, with capacity factors below 30%. In terms of their lifespan, well, we knew that, too. Remember, that BigWind companies are have received billions from the American taxpayer. The result? They hire the best salespeople….

The City of Toledo is looking at taking down four wind turbines that sit atop One Government Center.

The Ohio Building Authority thought it would tap the wind to generate energy for the building, but that isn’t happening.

Chances are, you never knew there were wind turbines sitting on the roof of this building.

They were installed back in October 2010.

At the time, they were considered the new wave of renewable energy and could save the city tens of thousands of dollars in energy costs….

The Mike Bell Administration supported the effort to install the turbines.

But Mazure says high winds 250-feet in the air frequently caused mechanical breakdowns. And the poorly designed turbines became too expensive to repair.

Mazur says, “We were told by the manufacturer at the time that they had a life of 30-years.”

If you visit Fairneny — and people are; people from Savoy, in particular, where a wind farm is being proposed — he will likely employ colorful language to explain to you why industrial wind turbines are a bad deal from the standpoint of noise, alleged health risks, and impact on the environment and property values. "We're screwed here," he say […]

WPD Canada has stated that the company’s board of directors have decided not to proceed with an appeal of that decision, and will not be moving ahead with what would have been an eight-turbine project.

The construction of a larger 30 megawatt capacity wind project in the same general area northwest of Kimball where a decommissioned wind project has existed in the past will triple the amount of power generated.